diff --git a/javascript/packages/cli/src/actions/test.ts b/javascript/packages/cli/src/actions/test.ts
index 4fccfe786..ebe2edb14 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/cli/src/actions/test.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/cli/src/actions/test.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export async function test(
 ) {
   const opts = { ...program.parent.opts(), ...cmdOpts };
   const dir = opts.dir || "";
+  const force = opts.force || false;
 
   // By default spawn pods/process in batches of 4,
   // since this shouldn't be a bottleneck in most of the cases,
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ export async function test(
     getLogType(opts.logType),
     runningNetworkSpec,
     dir,
+    force,
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/test-runner/index.ts b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/test-runner/index.ts
index 185d86501..0fe4952bc 100644
--- a/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/test-runner/index.ts
+++ b/javascript/packages/orchestrator/src/test-runner/index.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export async function run(
   logType: LogType = "table",
   runningNetworkSpecPath: string | undefined,
   dir: string | undefined,
+  force: boolean = false,
 ) {
   logType && setLogType(logType);
   let network: Network;
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export async function run(
           inCI,
           logType,
           dir,
+          force,
         });
       } else {
         const runningNetworkSpec: any = require(runningNetworkSpecPath);